SQL Server Contracts in London

Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SQL Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SQL Server over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 44 49
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 +8
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 820 1,373 2,030
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.59% 5.04% 5.20%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 21.57% 24.48% 23.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 1,071 1,578
10th Percentile £363 £400 £384
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - +14.94%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £688
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 7
10th Percentile - £39.05 £23.30
25th Percentile - £43.63 £34.75
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £56.88
90th Percentile - £70.50 £66.34
England median hourly rate £40.13 £41.75 £48.50
% change year-on-year -3.89% -13.92% +73.21%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
London

SQL Server is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,801 5,609 8,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 21.29% 20.60% 21.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,798 4,086 6,314
10th Percentile £376 £400 £406
25th Percentile £456 £475 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -1.71% +11.43%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £825 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 50 37
10th Percentile £20.98 £21.24 £26.25
25th Percentile £25.59 £24.94 £34.00
Median hourly rate £49.25 £50.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% -4.76% +50.52%
75th Percentile £54.34 £75.44 £68.75
90th Percentile £64.14 £88.47 £81.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £59.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year -32.54% +39.52% +70.00%

SQL Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing SQL Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in London.

Daily rate trend for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server in London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SQL Server in London.

Hourly rate trend for SQL Server in London

SQL Server
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the London region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -4 127 £508 -18.80% 60
East London -7 20 £495 +23.75% 14
West London +14 6 £200 -66.67% 12
South London +1 6 £475 -7.32% 6
North London - 2 £350 - 1
SQL Server
England

SQL Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 27 (3.29%) IIS
3 19 (2.32%) CMS
4 16 (1.95%) Apache
5 13 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (1.22%) Confluence
7 9 (1.10%) Apache Spark
7 9 (1.10%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.73%) Tornado
9 5 (0.61%) JBoss
9 5 (0.61%) nginx
10 3 (0.37%) Appian
10 3 (0.37%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.24%) CICS
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 57 (6.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.68%) MS Visio
3 21 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.20%) Endur
2 15 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.61%) Temenos T24
5 4 (0.49%) OPENHousing
6 3 (0.37%) MIS ActiveH
6 3 (0.37%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.24%) Remedy AR System
7 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.24%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.12%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 419 (51.10%) Azure
2 184 (22.44%) Azure DevOps
3 112 (13.66%) Power Platform
4 103 (12.56%) AWS
5 73 (8.90%) Entra ID
6 64 (7.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 60 (7.32%) Azure Service Bus
8 47 (5.73%) GitHub
8 47 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
9 41 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
10 39 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
10 39 (4.76%) Serverless
11 35 (4.27%) PowerApps
12 33 (4.02%) Azure Functions
13 31 (3.78%) Power Automate
14 25 (3.05%) PaaS
15 23 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
16 21 (2.56%) Azure Pipelines
17 19 (2.32%) Azure Key Vault
18 18 (2.20%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.05%) Firewall
2 18 (2.20%) DNS
3 16 (1.95%) Internet
4 10 (1.22%) FTP
5 4 (0.49%) HTTP
5 4 (0.49%) SAN
5 4 (0.49%) SSL
6 3 (0.37%) NAS
6 3 (0.37%) Wireless
7 2 (0.24%) DHCP
7 2 (0.24%) SSH
7 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.24%) VPN
7 2 (0.24%) VSAN
7 2 (0.24%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.12%) IPsec
8 1 (0.12%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.12%) LAN
8 1 (0.12%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (12.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 98 (11.95%) Data Warehouse
3 96 (11.71%) Power BI
4 79 (9.63%) PostgreSQL
5 66 (8.05%) Relational Database
6 63 (7.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 62 (7.56%) MySQL
8 47 (5.73%) NoSQL
9 43 (5.24%) Oracle Database
10 31 (3.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 30 (3.66%) Azure SQL Database
12 27 (3.29%) Data Lake
13 25 (3.05%) RDBMS
14 24 (2.93%) Metadata
14 24 (2.93%) Oracle Reports
15 20 (2.44%) MongoDB
16 14 (1.71%) Big Data
16 14 (1.71%) Tableau
17 10 (1.22%) QlikView
18 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 99 (12.07%) Git
2 51 (6.22%) JIRA
3 37 (4.51%) Visual Studio
4 36 (4.39%) SpecFlow
5 29 (3.54%) TeamCity
6 28 (3.41%) Selenium
7 24 (2.93%) Jenkins
8 19 (2.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 15 (1.83%) Octopus Deploy
10 14 (1.71%) GitLab
11 13 (1.59%) Postman
12 12 (1.46%) WebDriver
13 11 (1.34%) Maven
14 10 (1.22%) ERwin
14 10 (1.22%) SoapUI
14 10 (1.22%) Visual Studio Team System
15 8 (0.98%) Cucumber
15 8 (0.98%) JMeter
15 8 (0.98%) NUnit
16 7 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 211 (25.73%) Finance
2 170 (20.73%) Social Skills
3 108 (13.17%) Banking
4 93 (11.34%) Public Sector
5 77 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (5.12%) Back Office
7 28 (3.41%) Front Office
7 28 (3.41%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.07%) Financial Institution
8 17 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (1.83%) Manufacturing
9 15 (1.83%) Marketing
10 14 (1.71%) Local Government
11 13 (1.59%) Retail
12 12 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.34%) Electronics
14 9 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (0.98%) Publishing
16 7 (0.85%) Legal
17 6 (0.73%) Law
Job Titles
1 382 (46.59%) Developer
2 143 (17.44%) Senior
3 116 (14.15%) C# Developer
4 103 (12.56%) Senior Developer
5 87 (10.61%) .NET Developer
6 52 (6.34%) Software Developer
7 50 (6.10%) Analyst
7 50 (6.10%) Data Engineer
8 47 (5.73%) C# .NET Developer
9 44 (5.37%) Architect
10 41 (5.00%) Senior Software Developer
10 41 (5.00%) SQL Developer
11 40 (4.88%) Azure Developer
12 33 (4.02%) DBA
12 33 (4.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 33 (4.02%) Lead
13 32 (3.90%) Backend Developer
13 32 (3.90%) Full Stack Developer
14 29 (3.54%) Consultant
15 28 (3.41%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 294 (35.85%) .NET
2 126 (15.37%) XML
3 111 (13.54%) .NET Core
4 106 (12.93%) .NET Framework
5 80 (9.76%) AngularJS
6 71 (8.66%) HTML
7 56 (6.83%) ASP.NET
8 48 (5.85%) CSS
8 48 (5.85%) React
9 44 (5.37%) Web Services
10 41 (5.00%) REST
11 37 (4.51%) JSON
12 34 (4.15%) Kafka
13 30 (3.66%) SOAP
14 28 (3.41%) jQuery
15 25 (3.05%) Entity Framework
15 25 (3.05%) WCF
16 23 (2.80%) Node.js
17 22 (2.68%) ARM Templates
17 22 (2.68%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.22%) Product Ownership
2 35 (4.27%) Onboarding
3 27 (3.29%) Replication
4 22 (2.68%) Derivative
5 21 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (2.56%) Hedge funds
6 16 (1.95%) Management Information System
7 15 (1.83%) Clustering
8 14 (1.71%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.59%) Equity Derivative
10 11 (1.34%) Contactless
10 11 (1.34%) Reference Data
11 10 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
12 9 (1.10%) Client/Server
12 9 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (0.98%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.98%) Market Risk
14 7 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 121 (14.76%) Windows
2 67 (8.17%) Windows Server
3 56 (6.83%) Linux
4 29 (3.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 27 (3.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (3.17%) Unix
7 18 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (1.83%) Windows 10
9 10 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.61%) Android
10 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.61%) CentOS
11 3 (0.37%) VMS
11 3 (0.37%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.24%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.12%) OS/390
13 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (38.29%) Agile
2 275 (33.54%) DevOps
3 148 (18.05%) Scrum
4 140 (17.07%) CI/CD
5 120 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
6 116 (14.15%) Migration
7 108 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
8 101 (12.32%) TDD
9 100 (12.20%) ETL
10 88 (10.73%) Data Modelling
11 74 (9.02%) OO
12 71 (8.66%) Software Engineering
13 66 (8.05%) SDLC
14 59 (7.20%) Data Analysis
15 53 (6.46%) B2C
15 53 (6.46%) Test Automation
16 52 (6.34%) OOD
17 51 (6.22%) API Management
17 51 (6.22%) Clean Code
18 50 (6.10%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 415 (50.61%) SQL
2 366 (44.63%) C#
3 163 (19.88%) PowerShell
4 109 (13.29%) T-SQL
5 103 (12.56%) JavaScript
6 98 (11.95%) Python
7 81 (9.88%) Bicep
8 79 (9.63%) Java
9 72 (8.78%) PL/SQL
10 37 (4.51%) TypeScript
11 31 (3.78%) VBA
12 24 (2.93%) VB
12 24 (2.93%) VB.NET
13 13 (1.59%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.22%) Bash
14 10 (1.22%) PHP
15 9 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (1.10%) XPath
16 7 (0.85%) C++
16 7 (0.85%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 80 (9.76%) Degree
2 63 (7.68%) Security Cleared
3 31 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (3.41%) SC Cleared
5 27 (3.29%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.85%) ISTQB
7 7 (0.85%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.73%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.37%) MCITP
9 3 (0.37%) MCTS
10 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.24%) Tableau Certification
11 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.12%) ISEB
11 1 (0.12%) MCSA
11 1 (0.12%) MCSE
11 1 (0.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.34%) QA
2 36 (4.39%) Data Quality
3 26 (3.17%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.56%) WCAG
5 13 (1.59%) SLA
6 12 (1.46%) GDPR
7 11 (1.34%) MiFID
8 5 (0.61%) EMIR
9 4 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.37%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.24%) IFRS
11 2 (0.24%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.12%) FATCA
12 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
System Software
1 166 (20.24%) Active Directory
2 34 (4.15%) Docker
3 19 (2.32%) IAG
4 18 (2.20%) ACF2
4 18 (2.20%) RACF
5 13 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.49%) vSphere
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.12%) KVM
9 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.12%) vCloud
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 44 (5.37%) Kubernetes
2 25 (3.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 25 (3.05%) Terraform
3 20 (2.44%) SCCM
4 17 (2.07%) Ansible
5 11 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.22%) Puppet
7 8 (0.98%) Data Guard
7 8 (0.98%) Grafana
8 7 (0.85%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (0.61%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.37%) Netcool
11 3 (0.37%) Rancher
12 2 (0.24%) Control-M
12 2 (0.24%) Nagios
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 324 (39.51%) Microsoft
2 218 (26.59%) Oracle
3 41 (5.00%) Databricks
4 33 (4.02%) ServiceNow
5 27 (3.29%) Citrix
5 27 (3.29%) Sybase
6 25 (3.05%) Informatica
7 22 (2.68%) SAP
7 22 (2.68%) VMware
8 21 (2.56%) Veeam
9 19 (2.32%) Sparx
10 18 (2.20%) Red Hat
11 13 (1.59%) CA
11 13 (1.59%) OpenLink
12 11 (1.34%) IBM
12 11 (1.34%) Salesforce
13 9 (1.10%) Qualys
14 8 (0.98%) Splunk
15 7 (0.85%) AVEVA
16 6 (0.73%) iManage